1999 DODGE DAKOTA Complaints

DODGE DAKOTA 1999 CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE FRONT END WOBBLE, BRAKE VIBRATION AND UPPER/LOWER BALL JOINT PROBLEM. *BF THE SHOCK ABSORBERS AND TRANSFER CASE WAS DEFECTIVE. THE POWER STEERING PUMP LEAKED AND THERE WAS EXTRA PLAY IN THE STEERING. A PIECE OF THE EXHAUST FELL OFF THE VEHICLE. *JB

I HAVE A 1999 DODGE DAKOTA THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINT ARE SHOT, MY MACHANIC TOLD ME THAT THEY WILL COME APART AT ANYTIME. *JB

DODGE DAKOTA 1999 CONSUMER REPLACED BALL JOINTS THREE TIMES. *BF THE CONSUMER WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED TO FIND OUT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. *NM

THE CONSUMER REQUEST THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXPAND THE BALL JOINT RECALL TO INCLUDE 1999 DODGE DAKOTAS . *BF *NM

VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH THE BALL JOINTS. OWNER RECENTLY HAD THE VEHICLE GO THROUGH THE STATE INSPECTION WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE DEFECTIVE CAUSING THE BALL BEARINGS TO WEAR PREMATURELY. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS INFORMED THAT THIS YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT RECALL FOR BALL JOINT WEAR. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM

THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS, CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS AND NOW WHEEL BEARINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE. EVERY YEAR WHEN THE EMISSON TESTING AND SAFETY INSPECTION IS DONE IT SEEMS THERE IS A NOTHER PROBLEM. HOW LONG BEFORE DODGE WILL HAVE TO OWN UP AND RECALL AND REPAIR THESE ITEMS AT THEIR EXPENSE NOT OURS. THIS VEHICLE HAS ONLY 72200 MILES AND HAS HAD BOTH SIDE DONE AND NOW HAS TO BE DONE TO THE LEFT SID AGAIN. THIS IS A DISGRACE. THANKS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS MATTER. HOW MANY PROBLEMS DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A RECALL INITIATED. *AK

DODGE DAKOTA 1999 NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE BALL JOINT AND STEERING MECHANISMS. *BF THERE WERE ALSO PROBLEMS WITH THE REAR END, TRANSMISSION, ENGINE MALFUNCTION LIGHTS, POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE WHICH CONSISTED OF HESITATION AND LOSS OF POWER ESPECIALLY WHEN UNDER A LOAD-GOING UP AND HILL AND SEEMED TO GET WORSE AS THE GAS LEVEL IN THE TANK LOWERED, HARD ABRUPT SHIFTING WHEN IN REVERSE AND PARK TO REVERSE, LOUD RUBBING WHICH WAS INTERMITTENT WHEN MAKING LEFT TURNS AND WHEN STOPPING, THE FRONT WOULD SHAKE, THE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE LIGHT WAS NOT VISIBLE ON THE DASH WHEN ACTIVATED AND WOULD ONLY SHOW WHEN THE ALL WHEEL DRIVE WAS ACTIVATED, AND THERE WAS A WOBBLE, FLEXING AND OR VIBRATION THAT WOULD BE PRESENT WHEN BRAKING ALONG WITH A LOOSE FEELING OR WOBBLE WHEN TURNING THE FRONT WHEELS. *SC *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED DRIVER HEARD A LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT. SUDDENLY, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH FRONTAL BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND REPLACED THEM. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. AFTER TIGHTENING BOTH FRONTAL BALL JOINTS THE PROBLEM RECURRED. MECHANIC DETERMINED AGAIN THAT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED. DEALERSHIP INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO THE FRONT BALL JOINTS. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT REPAIRED. *AK

UPON TAKING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE CONSUMER FOUND THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BAD. THERE WAS A CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER CONTACTED DODGE. HOWEVER, DODGE WILL DO NOTHING TO ASSIST THE CONSUMER.*AK